Charlotte Maxeke’s Book Highlights Tensions Of Visibility And Erasure In South African History
The South African government has set about honouring Charlotte Mannya Maxeke, one of the country’s most remarkable women who was born 150...
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Mar 7, 20221 min read
‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless
This is an electric liberation story from Chad, a mother struggles to protect her daughter’s future and finds both herself and a world of...
Mar 7, 20221 min read
The Museum Of Namibia (MAN)
The Museum of Namibia (MAN) opened a virtual fashion show aimed to reactivate knowledge about the objects, document immaterial cultural...
Feb 3, 20221 min read
British Vogue Hails New Era With Nine African Models On Cover
In what is arguably their most diverse, Afro-centric issue to date, the February 2022 issue of the popular magazine features nine...
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Beyond The Dance
Voices of women on female genital mutilation Beyond the dance is a compilation of testimonies and poems about the humiliation of female...
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Top 10 Nigerian Female Artists In 2022
Female artistes in Nigeria have been criminally underrated. Maybe it’s a cultural thing seeing male artistes as the superiors in the...
Feb 3, 20221 min read
Doum, The Moroccan Handbag Brand Giving Back in a Big Way
Samira and Yasmine Madranian are the Moroccan mother-daughter duo who have made it their mission to make a positive impact in fashion....
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Binti
Directed by Seko Shamte “Binti” tells the tale of four contemporary women who are unknowingly connected through their ability to...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Tunisia Women Mix Beats and Push Past Taboos
Fouchika Junior adjusts her headphones, flicks a slider and seamlessly drops the next tune: One of Tunisia's rare female DJs, she is...
Jan 17, 20221 min read
'Like Queens': Divisive Legacy of Senegal's Women Traders
Aminata Sall, who rents out brilliantly coloured dresses in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, systematically quizzes her clients about...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
‘Books Beyond Words’ to assist in keeping the young ones busy
Whether it is eLearning, fun activities online or an educational movie, the need to keep an academic flow is more important than ever. As...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
‘Made in Ivory Coast’ fashion show in Abidjan promotes local materials
Ivory Coast held its 15th edition of the Afrik Fashion Show to showcase various new and upcoming talents all over the country. ‘Made in...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
The Gravedigger's Wife: Somali love story wins Africa's top film prize at Fespaco
A Somali film exploring what people will do for love has won the grand prize at the prestigious pan-African film festival in Burkina...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
African Women Writers and the politics of Gender
This book examines the work of a group of African women writers who have emerged over the last forty years. While figures such as Chinua...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
‘A poem is a powerful tool’: Somali women raise their voices in the nation of poets
"Whenever I hear the old voices, it’s always men; I don’t see women represented in [Somali] history or poetry, I do believe there were...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Equatorial Guinea: Young Entrepreneur Using African Fabric to Make Beautiful Bags, Shoes & Jewelry
Young entrepreneur, Agripina Ndoho Ngumu Bindang, 30 years old has started a business called AfrikChic by Ndoho which uses Ankara or...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
FAAL CULTURAL CENTRE THAT EMPOWERS ILLITERATE YOUNG WOMEN.
From her idea to carry across societal and community messages came the idea for Faal Cultural Centre, which Sara established in the year...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
IN TOGO, TRADITIONAL DANCE FORMS REMAIN ALIVE AND WELL
Togo is wedged between Ghana to the west and Benin to the east. North-to-south, it extends between Burkina Faso and the Gulf of Guinea....
Sep 12, 20211 min read
IN THE COUNTRY OF OTHERS: LEILA SLIMANI
In Leila Slimani’s third novel — after “Adèle” and “The Perfect Nanny,” which won France’s Prix Goncourt in 2016 — Amine, a Muslim...
Sep 12, 20211 min read
KANGA: THE TALKING CLOTH OF THE EAST AFRICAN COAST
If you live in Tanzania or Kenya, the kanga (also known as leso) has always been a component in your life. It’s incorporated in massive...
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